This March I stumbled upon the New Dutch Wave at SXSW, and now even more of the magic of this innovative country is unfolding. This week's adventures included attending New Materials for Building a Sustainable World hosted at Plant One in Rotterdam and EnergyFest hosted at the Shell Technology Centre in Amsterdam.
It's interesting to observe how corporates and government are helping connect emerging companies with investors. I heard several really good pitches at the New Energy Challenge segment of EnergyFest, which was coincidentally narrated by Josh Baer (an Austin startup scene celebrity).
I was also blown away by Eva Gladek, an American who is making waves here in Amsterdam with her firm Metabolic. Willemijn Peets was another inspiring character I had the pleasure of meeting in person; she was a former UT student who founded a company called Searious Business that helps find innovative uses for plastic waste.
Prince Constantijn van Oranje giving a keynote at new Materials.
Clear solar panel design by wellsun.
Hydrogen car by BMW.
Peter Schwartz, business strategist at Salesforce, sharing his futurist viewpoints.
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